Legal Opinion
Langenback v. Mays
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 14, 1949No. 16695, 16714PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
1. A distinct collateral oral agreement, not inconsistent with a written contract, is not necessarily merged therein, and one contract may be the consideration of another, the inducement to its execution, and an independent oral agreement which has been so induced may be proved and enforced though not referred to in the written contract.
2. Where as an inducement and consideration for the execution of a written contract for the sale of land, together with certain tourist cabins thereon, the sellers orally agreed with the buyers that they would not thereafter compete with them in renting…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Forsyth Manufacturing Co. v. CastlenSupreme Court of Georgia · 1900
- Stonecypher v. Georgia Power Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1936
- Cottle v. TomlinsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1941
- Indiana Truck Corp. v. GlockCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1933
- Neuhoff v. Swift & Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Cooper v. Mercantile National BankCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- Kollen v. High Point Forest, Inc.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1961
- Taylor Freezer Sales Co. v. HydrickCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1976
- S. & S. Builders, Inc. v. Equitable Investment Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1964
- Cooper v. VaughanCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
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